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Ayomide Osineye rests while his Pioneer Charter School of Science II teammate shoots free throws during a 68-39 loss to visiting Prospect Hill Academy on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Wilmington senior Eva Boudreau celebrates with the student fan section after scoring her 1,000th point for the varsity team during a game against visiting Belmont on Jan. 21, 2025.
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The newly formed Lynnfield/North Reading co-op dance program performs for the first time during halftime of the boys' basketball game against Shawsheen on Jan. 26, 2025, at Lynnfield High School.
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Melrose cheerleaders Ailey Larkin, Lauren Carson, and Emily Furtado top the pyramid during a break in the boys' basketball team's 55-32 win over visiting Woburn on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Senior Victoria Bullard (4) goes all out in a fight for a loose ball with Ashland senior Ava Vitti during Medway's 75-49 home victory on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Cohasset wrestling coach Torin Sweeney gets loud during a 55-20 meet victory over visiting Sandwich on Jan. 15, 2025.
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Concord-Carlisle senior Cathy Weng gets emotional during junior speeches as part of Senior Night festivities at The Beede Center in Concord on Jan. 22, 2025.
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Coach Lyndsey Littlefield gives advice to Somerset Berkley high jumpers (from left) David Perry, Luke Thornton, and Andrew Heroux during the Division 3 state relays at Reggie Lewis Center on Jan. 18, 2025.
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Aiden Crane from Quabbin Regional focuses on his foul shot during a junior varsity basketball game against visiting Hudson on jan. 16, 2025.
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Senior captain Joseph Wright hugs his family during Bishop Feehan's Senior Night ceremony before a 5-0 victory over Dartmouth at New England Sports Village in Attleboro on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Brady DeRoche (14) of Somerset Berkley leads a parade of players down the ice during an 11-1 win over Greater New Bedford Vocational at Driscoll Arena in Fall River on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Lynnfield sophomore Justin Flores (2) gets the block against Shawsheen senior center Matt Breen on Jan. 26, 2025. Lynnfield would end up falling, 58-40, to the visitors.
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Woburn senior Mckenna Morrison drives to the bucket in the third quarter of an 80-56 win against visiting Melrose on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Adam Capello looks for a teammate during Watertown/Wayland's 4-0 win over Wakefield on Jan. 18, 2025, at John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown.
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Belmont sophomore Liam Guilderson evades the defense to score a goal in a 5-1 win over Concord-Carlisle at the Ed Burns Tournament in Arlington on Jan. 26, 2025.
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Aidan Dookhran leaps to block a pass headed for West Bridgewater's Sam Bell during a 57-45 home win by the Somerset Berkley junior varsity on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Lynnfield sophomore Charlotte Rose performs with the newly formed Lynnfield/North Reading co-op dance program during halftime of the boys' basketball game against Shawsheen on Jan. 26, 2025, at Lynnfield High School.
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Westford Academy sophomore Alexa Coward (left) passes to senior guard Diya Jayaraman during a 60-40 win over visiting Bedford on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Lynnfield sophomore Maeve Wertz drives toward the basket for a layup during a 35-23 loss to visiting Pentucket on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Tess Baacke tries to escape Hopkinton pressure during Medfield's 69-34 home win on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Wayland's Peter Morris swims the butterfly stroke during a meet against Holliston on Senior Night on Jan. 24, 2025, at the Wayland Community Pool.
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Andrew Heroux of Somerset Berkley starts his approach for the high jump during the Division 3 state relays at Reggie Lewis Center on Jan. 18, 2025.
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Melrose senior Nolan Natale (center) hustles back on defense after draining a 3-pointer during a 55-32 win over visiting Woburn on Jan. 24, 2025.
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North Middlesex assistant JV coach Adam Waite thinks about what to say to his team during a game with the Littleton JV on Jan. 26, 2025, at Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg.
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Cohasset's Cooper Richards (right) takes advice from assistant coach Peter Buckley before his bout during a meet with visiting Sandwich on Jan. 15, 2025.
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Freshman Emma Allard gets in front of the puck during Stoneham/Wilmington's 4-3 win over host Lexington at Hayden Recreation Centre on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Sophomore Luke MacIsaac (left) and senior Brian Lucy (right) slam into the glass with Triton senior Connor Rumph during Newburyport's 4-1 win on Jan. 25, 2025, at Graf Ice Rink.
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Newburyport senior Newburyport Will Forrest (17) and junior Jagger Gudaitis (20) hustle for the puck in the Clippers' 4-1 win over visiting Triton on Jan. 25, 2025, at Graf Ice Rink.
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Concord-Carlisle junior Cam Doull rushes into the zone during a 5-1 loss to Belmont at the Ed Burns Tournament in Arlington on Jan. 26, 2025.
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Danvers junior Cooper Dunham gets in position to score his second goal of the game during a 6-3 win against visiting Masconomet on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Somerset Berkley's Nate Melo controls the puck during an 11-1 win over Greater New Bedford Vocational at Driscoll Arena in Fall River on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Naya Annigeri (34) gets a hand from Izzy Kittredge (33) during Medfield's 69-34 win over visiting Hopkinton on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Sophomore Jacoby Dilling drives to the basket during Quabbin's 45-40 victory over visiting Hudson on Jan. 16, 2025.
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Westford Academy junior Olivia Pillsbury drives past a defender to the basket during a 60-40 win over visiting Bedford on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Senior John Lamas hits a layup between two Woburn defenders during Melrose's 55-32 home win on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Maynard's Nev Duplessis puts up a 3-pointer during a 47-44 loss to visiting Hudson on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Johnny Sullivan takes a fadeaway over a Lowell defender during Tewksbury's 75-61 home loss on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Senior Kyle Clark goes in for a layup during Quabbin's 45-40 victory over visiting Hudson on Jan. 16, 2025.
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Melrose senior Owen Mujalli puts up a midrange jumper during a 55-32 win over visiting Woburn on Jan. 24, 2025.
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Lynnfield twins Alex (right) and Chris Fleming perform their signature walkout ritual before a game with visiting Shawsheen on Jan. 26, 2025.
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Hennessy finishes in 4:37.11, just topping Ellie Shea's mark from 2023 (4:37.22). Against the state's best competition, she won by over 16 seconds. It's a three-second PR. — Matty Wasserman (@Matty_Wasserman) Hennessy was sidelined for much of the cross-country and indoor track season with an energy deficiency condition, but has emerged even stronger since returning in February. She claimed victories in both the 800 meters and mile at last week's Division 1 championships, and again this week at the Meet of Champions, with Sunday's effort marking a three-second personal best. Advertisement 'My aerobic fitness has increased exponentially this season, and that's really helped me, especially with those negative splits,' Hennessey said. 'So going to nationals, where I'll have other people to run with, my confidence is really high.' 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'I was good to sit behind for three laps, and then when I felt comfortable, I just made my move.' Brian Moody measures 5-feet, 7-inches for the girls' high jump final during Sunday's MIAA Meet of Champions. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff After placing in the top three in the pole vault at the Meet of Champions each of the past two seasons, Acton-Boxborough senior Emerson Gould entered Sunday with one last opportunity to stamp her place atop the state. Gould made no mistake this time around, setting a 2-inch personal best (12 feet, 2 inches) to win in dominant fashion over runner-up Alexandra Welch of Shrewsbury (11-6). 'I started freshman year because I was a gymnast and I loved flying, and pole vault was the closest thing I could get to it,' Gould said. 'So I'm emotional, because it's been a really great four years. And especially going out today [with a win], it feels awesome.' 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Athletes express concern over NCAA settlement's impact on non-revenue sports
Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at AthleteCon when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a room full of college athletes, they felt like the only two people who understood the gravity of the situation. 'I'm about to get paid,' Moore said a Division I football player told her. 'Yes, you are about to get paid, and a lot of your women athlete friends are about to get cut,' she responded. Moore acknowledged that her response might be a stretch, but the sprawling House settlement clears the way for college athletes to get a share of revenue directly from their schools and provides a lucky few a shot at long-term financial stability, it raises genuine concerns for others. Schools that opt int will be able to share up to $20.5 million with their athletes over the next year starting July 1. The majority is expected to be spent on high-revenue generating sports, with most projections estimating 75% of funds will go toward football. So what happens to the non-revenue-generating sports which, outside of football and basketball, is pretty much all of them? It's a query that's top of mind for Ootsburg as she enters her senior year at Belmont, where she competes on track and field team. 'My initial thought was, is this good or bad? What does this mean for me? How does this affect me? But more importantly, in the bigger picture, how does it affect athletes as a whole?' Ootsburg said. 'You look at the numbers where it says most of the revenue, up to 75% to 85%, will go toward football players. You understand it's coming from the TV deals, but then it's like, how does that affect you on the back end?' Ootsburg asked. 'Let's say 800k goes toward other athletes. Will they be able to afford other things like care, facilities, resources or even just snacks?' Moore has similar concerns. She says most female athletes aren't worried about how much – if any – money they'll receive. They fear how changes could impact the student-athlete experience. 'A lot of us would much rather know that our resources and our experience as a student-athlete is going to stay the same, or possibly get better, rather than be given 3,000 dollars, but now I have to cover my meals, I have to pay for my insurance, I have to buy ankle braces because we don't have any, and the athletic training room isn't stocked,' Moore said over the weekend as news of Friday night's settlement approval spread. One of the biggest problems, Ootsburg and Moore said, is that athletes aren't familiar with the changes. At AthleteCon in Charlotte, North Carolina, they said, perhaps the biggest change in college sports history was a push notification generally shrugged off by those directly impacted. 'Athletes do not know what's happening,' Ootsburg said. 'Talking to my teammates, it's so new, and they see the headlines and they're like, 'Ok, cool, but is someone going to explain this?' because they can read it, but then there's so many underlying factors that go into this. This is a complex problem that you have to understand the nuances behind, and not every athlete truly does.' Some coaches, too, are still trying to understand what's coming. Mike White, coach of the national champion Texas softball team, called it 'the great unknown right now.' 'My athletic director, Chris Del Conte, said it's like sailing out on a flat world and coming off the edge; we just don't know what's going to be out there yet, especially the way the landscape is changing,' he said at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. 'Who knows what it's going to be?' What about the walk-ons? Jake Rimmel got a crash course on the settlement in the fall of 2024, when he said he was cut from the Virginia Tech cross-country team alongside several other walk-ons. The topic held up the House case for weeks as the judge basically forced schools to give athletes cut in anticipation of approval a chance to play — they have to earn the spot, no guarantees — without counting against roster limits. Rimmel packed up and moved back to his parents' house in Purcellville, Virginia. For the past six months, he's held on to a glimmer of hope that maybe he could return. 'The past six months have been very tough," he said. "I've felt so alone through this, even though I wasn't. I just felt like the whole world was out there – I would see teammates of mine and other people I knew just doing all of these things and still being part of a team. I felt like I was sidelined and on pause, while they're continuing to do all these things.' News that the settlement had been approved sent Rimmel looking for details. 'I didn't see much about roster limits," he said. 'Everyone wants to talk about NIL and the revenue-sharing and I mean, that's definitely a big piece of it, but I just didn't see anything about the roster limits, and that's obviously my biggest concern.' The answer only presents more questions for Rimmel. 'We were hoping for more of a forced decision with the grandfathering, which now it's only voluntary, so I'm a little skeptical of things because I have zero clue how schools are going to react to that," Rimmel told The Associated Press. Rimmel is still deciding what's best for him, but echoed Moore and Ootsburg in saying that answers are not obvious: 'I'm just hoping the schools can make the right decisions with things and have the best interest of the people who were cut.' ___ AP Sports Writer Cliff Brunt contributed. ___ AP college sports:
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Athletes express concern over NCAA settlement's impact on non-revenue sports
Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at AthleteCon when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a room full of college athletes, they felt like the only two people who understood the gravity of the situation. 'I'm about to get paid,' Moore said a Division I football player told her. Advertisement 'Yes, you are about to get paid, and a lot of your women athlete friends are about to get cut,' she responded. Moore acknowledged that her response might be a stretch, but the sprawling House settlement clears the way for college athletes to get a share of revenue directly from their schools and provides a lucky few a shot at long-term financial stability, it raises genuine concerns for others. Schools that opt int will be able to share up to $20.5 million with their athletes over the next year starting July 1. The majority is expected to be spent on high-revenue generating sports, with most projections estimating 75% of funds will go toward football. So what happens to the non-revenue-generating sports which, outside of football and basketball, is pretty much all of them? Advertisement It's a query that's top of mind for Ootsburg as she enters her senior year at Belmont, where she competes on track and field team. 'My initial thought was, is this good or bad? What does this mean for me? How does this affect me? But more importantly, in the bigger picture, how does it affect athletes as a whole?' Ootsburg said. 'You look at the numbers where it says most of the revenue, up to 75% to 85%, will go toward football players. You understand it's coming from the TV deals, but then it's like, how does that affect you on the back end?' Ootsburg asked. 'Let's say 800k goes toward other athletes. Will they be able to afford other things like care, facilities, resources or even just snacks?' Moore has similar concerns. She says most female athletes aren't worried about how much – if any – money they'll receive. They fear how changes could impact the student-athlete experience. Advertisement 'A lot of us would much rather know that our resources and our experience as a student-athlete is going to stay the same, or possibly get better, rather than be given 3,000 dollars, but now I have to cover my meals, I have to pay for my insurance, I have to buy ankle braces because we don't have any, and the athletic training room isn't stocked,' Moore said over the weekend as news of Friday night's settlement approval spread. One of the biggest problems, Ootsburg and Moore said, is that athletes aren't familiar with the changes. At AthleteCon in Charlotte, North Carolina, they said, perhaps the biggest change in college sports history was a push notification generally shrugged off by those directly impacted. 'Athletes do not know what's happening,' Ootsburg said. 'Talking to my teammates, it's so new, and they see the headlines and they're like, 'Ok, cool, but is someone going to explain this?' because they can read it, but then there's so many underlying factors that go into this. This is a complex problem that you have to understand the nuances behind, and not every athlete truly does.' Some coaches, too, are still trying to understand what's coming. Advertisement Mike White, coach of the national champion Texas softball team, called it 'the great unknown right now.' 'My athletic director, Chris Del Conte, said it's like sailing out on a flat world and coming off the edge; we just don't know what's going to be out there yet, especially the way the landscape is changing,' he said at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. 'Who knows what it's going to be?' What about the walk-ons? Jake Rimmel got a crash course on the settlement in the fall of 2024, when he said he was cut from the Virginia Tech cross-country team alongside several other walk-ons. The topic held up the House case for weeks as the judge basically forced schools to give athletes cut in anticipation of approval a chance to play — they have to earn the spot, no guarantees — without counting against roster limits. Advertisement Rimmel packed up and moved back to his parents' house in Purcellville, Virginia. For the past six months, he's held on to a glimmer of hope that maybe he could return. 'The past six months have been very tough," he said. "I've felt so alone through this, even though I wasn't. I just felt like the whole world was out there – I would see teammates of mine and other people I knew just doing all of these things and still being part of a team. I felt like I was sidelined and on pause, while they're continuing to do all these things.' News that the settlement had been approved sent Rimmel looking for details. 'I didn't see much about roster limits," he said. 'Everyone wants to talk about NIL and the revenue-sharing and I mean, that's definitely a big piece of it, but I just didn't see anything about the roster limits, and that's obviously my biggest concern.' Advertisement The answer only presents more questions for Rimmel. 'We were hoping for more of a forced decision with the grandfathering, which now it's only voluntary, so I'm a little skeptical of things because I have zero clue how schools are going to react to that," Rimmel told The Associated Press. Rimmel is still deciding what's best for him, but echoed Moore and Ootsburg in saying that answers are not obvious: 'I'm just hoping the schools can make the right decisions with things and have the best interest of the people who were cut.' ___ AP Sports Writer Cliff Brunt contributed. ___ AP college sports: Maura Carey, The Associated Press
